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Rosaly Favero [email protected]
Scientific Periodicals Consortia for University and Research Institute Libraries in Brazil
The State of Sao Paulo Research Foundationhttp://www.fapesp.brSão Paulo, Brasil
International Coalition of Library ConsortiaICOLC Fall'04 Barcelona(6th European meeting)27th to 30th October 2004
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This presentation will focus on the following consortia:• PROBE/FAPESP - Electronic Library Program is a State of Sao Paulo consortium, created in 1999 with support of FAPESP - The State of Sao Paulo Research Foundation .
• Brazilian Scientific Information Portal/CAPES - is a national Consortium, created in 2001 and sponsored by a federal government agency called CAPES -Coordination for Higher Level Graduates Improvement, at the Education Ministry;
•COPERE/SENAC - is a new national consortium,created in 2003 and coordinated by SENAC- a national service for professional qualification in commercial areas.
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ProBE PORTALhttp://www.probe.br
3 State Universities2 Federal Universities1 Information Centre35 Higher Educ. and Research Institutes140,000 users and 136 li braries
2,340 FULL TEXT TITLES:Elsevier Science, Academic PressHigh Wire Press ,Gale Group andEbsco (MIT, Blackwell), SciELO
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Brazilian Scientific Information PortalCAPES- Coordination for Higher Level Graduates Improvement
Created in 2001Universe in 2004 : ..130 Member Institutions all over the country .. Electronic Collection
7,913 full text titles (including SciELO, QUALIS)
80 reference databases ..Potential users
1,000,000 (researchers, faculty,graduate and undergraduate students)
http://www.periodicos.capes.gov.br
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Brazilian Scientific Information PortalRequirements for participation
• Federal higher education institutions; • Research institutions providing post-graduate
courses evaluated by CAPES;• State and municipal public higher education
institutions providing post-graduate courses evaluated by CAPES;
• Private higher education institutions with at least a Ph.D. course scored 5 or higher by CAPES.
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Brazilian Scientific Information PortalElectronic collection costs - Contract negotiations
. 2003 US$ 18,690.00 3,505 titles and 13 databases
. 2004 (New contracts for 3 and 5 years)Total cost before negotiation with editors:
US$ 22, 363.00Total cost after negotiation with editors, based
on qualitative and quantitative use evaluation:US$ 17,337.00
With the discount (22,47% ) new 1,535 titlesand 3 databases were subscribed
Total cost today: US$ 21,017.00
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Brazilian Scientific Information PortalProposalTo share this experience with :
• other Latin American countries;
• African countries ;
• Other countries of Portuguese and Spanish languages
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COPERE PORTAL
•Created in 2003• ObjectiveTo promote electronic journals access for Private Higher Education Institutions not included in CAPES Consortium.
• Universe: 8 Institutions coordinated by SENAC*9,500 full text titles 31 referential databases79,086 users
*National Service for professional qualification in commercial areas.
http://www.portaldapesquisa.com.br/copere/
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CONSORTIA MAIN STEPS
• Agreement among the Co-ordination of each consortium and its member institutions (rights and responsibilities);
• Definition of consortia governance and management;
• Selection of electronic library titles of each consortium;
• Electronic Journals Licensing Agreements among the co-ordination of each consortium and publishers (contracts);
• Qualification of human resources (training);
• Promotion and encouragement to potential users to the electronic journals access (acculturation);
• Continuous evaluation of electronic library resources use.
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ELECTRONIC LIBRARY PROGRAM USE SURVEY - AIMS
• To obtain data on scientific community acceptance of electronic collections and search interfaces available in ProBE and CAPES Consortia;
• To follow up and to evaluate available titles adequacy;
• To make changes in the Electronic Library titles if necessary.
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ELECTRONIC LIBRARY PROGRAM USE SURVEY METHODOLOGY
•Qualitative - user opinion poll / user satisfaction by means of a form available online
•Quantitative - based mainly on statistical data provided by publishers
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ProBE DOWNLOADS (Articles)Years 2000 and 2001
301.583
2.116.187
0
500.000
1.000.000
1.500.000
2.000.000
2.500.000
Total 301.583 2.116.187
2000 2001
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ABIACMACSAIPBLACKWELLCAMBRIGE
EMERALDGALEHIGHWIRE PRESSIEEENATUREOECD
OVIDOXFORDSAGESCIENCE DIRECTWILSONKLUWER
SPRINGER
downloaded articles in the first semester of 2004 = 6,348,271
Source: CAPES, 2004
Brazilian Scientific Information Portal
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Final Remarks (I)
• Co-operation requires co-ordination, leadership and perseverance. Co-operative actions demand great efforts among participants.
• Main barriers and difficulties to be overcome in many steps in these consortia: selection of titles, contracts negotiations,access to statistical data from publishers.
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Final Remarks (II)
• The consortia cost/benefit rate was considered highly satisfactory by FAPESP and CAPES, encouraging the development of further actions.
• Users confirmed acceptance of the consortia andthe need to have such available tools for onlineaccess to international scientific literature.
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Final Remarks (III)
• The consortia acting as a stimulus for their member libraries:1) to reduce subscriptions in paper;2) to avoid duplications of titles; 3) to keep just one subscription of each title.
•Essential role from sponsoring agencies, especially FAPESP and CAPES, for the development of these consortia as well as for the improvement of academic libraries infra-structure.
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Final Remarks (IV)• Local information professionals should be highly
committed to the enhancement of electronic information use, as a contribution in the process of knowledge access and creation in Brazil, in other Latin American countries and abroad.
CAPES Periodicals PortalCOPERE
